Death of 12-year-old boy by Islamabad Police ‘sharpshooters’: Father appeals to PM for protection from police blackmail
Death of 12-year-old boy by Islamabad Police ‘sharpshooters’: Father appeals to PM for protection from police blackmail
By Atif Khan
ISLAMABAD: Gulistan Ali, the unlucky father of 12-year-old Zeeshan killed by Islamabad Police “sharpshooters” in the limits of Rawalpindi Saturday afternoon while chasing a car-lifter, has appealed to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to save him from the police who were threatening him with dire consequences if he pursued the case of his child.“Soon after the death of my child, the police took me to a higher-up where they forced me to sign some documents, and now they are visiting my home in plain clothes and forcing me to close my lips for good,” Gulistan told Daily Times over phone from his home in Jermot Village near Sohawa. “I’m being threatened to stay away from Islamabad until ‘things have cooled down’.”He said on Sunday two plain clothes men came to his house in a dark green Suzuki Mehran (SGF- 8344) and introduced themselves as officials of some intelligence agency. However, when the villagers quizzed them about their identity, they said they were officials of Sabzi Mandi Police Station.Gulistan said that one of two officials got close to him and told him under breath that if he did not stop pursuing the case of his child they will make his life miserable.Gulistan’s next-door neighbor at CDA Colony, Islamabad, confirmed that two men riding a dark green car (SGF- 8344) came to his residence Sunday morning and asked him as to the whereabouts of Gulistan in Jermot Village. The two men said they were police and wanted to visit the residence of Gulistan.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and in charge of the “operation” Nasir Aftab claimed that Gulistan Ali had voluntarily signed the papers accepting his son’s dean as an accident. He said a copy of the FIR could be collected from Sabzi Mandi Police Station. When Daily Times told him that according to eyewitnesses the bullet that killed Zeeshan had been fired from his pistol, Aftab said that he reached the scene seconds after the boy was shot. He refused to tell the names of the officials involved in the “operation”.He was at a loss for words when asked as to why the father of the child was first taken to magistrate to complete legal formalities while his son was lying dead on the road. He also acted dumb when quizzed why the police were chasing after the car-lifter in a private number car instead of using a proper police vehicle.Aftab said that the case had been closed after completing all “legal formalities” Saturday night adding that the police would soon arrest the culprit who killed the innocent boy. When told that according to eyewitnesses there was no crossfire and the fire only came from police side, he insisted that the crossfire did take place. The SSP had to fumble for words when asked in absence of any post mortem, how could he establish that one of the bullets fired by the car-lifter had killed the boy.He also denied that the police were threatening Gulistan and his family with dire consequences. When told about the registration number and make of the car in which two police officials visited Gulistan’s house, the SSP said that he would check the details with Sabzi Mandi Police Station.No FIR was provided to Daily Times despite several visits to the police station. During a contact over phone Sunday night, the SSP said a copy of the FIR could not be provided to the newspaper for certain reasons.
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By Atif Khan
ISLAMABAD: Gulistan Ali, the unlucky father of 12-year-old Zeeshan killed by Islamabad Police “sharpshooters” in the limits of Rawalpindi Saturday afternoon while chasing a car-lifter, has appealed to Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani to save him from the police who were threatening him with dire consequences if he pursued the case of his child.“Soon after the death of my child, the police took me to a higher-up where they forced me to sign some documents, and now they are visiting my home in plain clothes and forcing me to close my lips for good,” Gulistan told Daily Times over phone from his home in Jermot Village near Sohawa. “I’m being threatened to stay away from Islamabad until ‘things have cooled down’.”He said on Sunday two plain clothes men came to his house in a dark green Suzuki Mehran (SGF- 8344) and introduced themselves as officials of some intelligence agency. However, when the villagers quizzed them about their identity, they said they were officials of Sabzi Mandi Police Station.Gulistan said that one of two officials got close to him and told him under breath that if he did not stop pursuing the case of his child they will make his life miserable.Gulistan’s next-door neighbor at CDA Colony, Islamabad, confirmed that two men riding a dark green car (SGF- 8344) came to his residence Sunday morning and asked him as to the whereabouts of Gulistan in Jermot Village. The two men said they were police and wanted to visit the residence of Gulistan.Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) and in charge of the “operation” Nasir Aftab claimed that Gulistan Ali had voluntarily signed the papers accepting his son’s dean as an accident. He said a copy of the FIR could be collected from Sabzi Mandi Police Station. When Daily Times told him that according to eyewitnesses the bullet that killed Zeeshan had been fired from his pistol, Aftab said that he reached the scene seconds after the boy was shot. He refused to tell the names of the officials involved in the “operation”.He was at a loss for words when asked as to why the father of the child was first taken to magistrate to complete legal formalities while his son was lying dead on the road. He also acted dumb when quizzed why the police were chasing after the car-lifter in a private number car instead of using a proper police vehicle.Aftab said that the case had been closed after completing all “legal formalities” Saturday night adding that the police would soon arrest the culprit who killed the innocent boy. When told that according to eyewitnesses there was no crossfire and the fire only came from police side, he insisted that the crossfire did take place. The SSP had to fumble for words when asked in absence of any post mortem, how could he establish that one of the bullets fired by the car-lifter had killed the boy.He also denied that the police were threatening Gulistan and his family with dire consequences. When told about the registration number and make of the car in which two police officials visited Gulistan’s house, the SSP said that he would check the details with Sabzi Mandi Police Station.No FIR was provided to Daily Times despite several visits to the police station. During a contact over phone Sunday night, the SSP said a copy of the FIR could not be provided to the newspaper for certain reasons.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\09\15\story_15-9-2008_pg7_24
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